Traditional Chinese furniture originally did not need furniture hardware fittings, and all functions were realized based on the wooden structure. In ancient times, metal was only used in furniture as a decoration. Until the Qing and Ming Dynasties, metal only realized simple functions in furniture (mainly wooden boxes, cabinet locks, hems, hinges, etc.). In the 1980s, panel furniture was introduced into China from the West, and furniture hardware fittings began to be widely used in furniture. After nearly 30 years of development, the role of furniture hardware fittings in furniture has become increasingly important, and people's attention to the quality of furniture has gradually shifted from panels and environmental protection to hardware fittings.
In recent years, because of the changes in aesthetic standards and the high standards for decoration of new houses, people have also put forward higher requirements for furniture hardware: beautiful appearance, highlighting personality, more reflecting the characteristics of the times and the mentality of modern people; Comfortable in hand, it strongly reflects the delicacy and dexterity of the product through the sense of touch, as well as the beauty of the product's craftsmanship, and can even become a work of art for display; The installation is simple. Customers can play with it according to the simple and clear installation and operation instructions. Sometimes they don't even need tools. They just need to press, twist, turn and dial with their fingers; It is easy to use, the connection action is stable and reliable, and the use has a sense of security. The trend of decorative hardware is also changing quietly.
Simple, for example, some quick installation hinges change the screw connection to quick installation structure, "one click fits"; For another example, the panel of the drawer is connected with the side panel by a quick installation connector, which is also "removable in one row", thus turning the time-consuming furniture assembly into a building block game, achieving the ideal state of saving time and labor; The two-part force hinge can stop at will, and the spring will not work until it is closed at the end, which avoids pinching fingers and knocking sound, and is closer to people's use habits.
Decorative. Generally, all copper or stainless steel and nylon are used as the base materials for processing, and the surface is decorated by chromium plating, titanium plating, nickel plating, zirconium plating and paint baking. The fashionable designs of gold, silver and bronze, or European, antique, cartoon, plant, animal and other shapes are printed on the appearance and color.
Intelligentization, such as taking into account that the elderly, children and the disabled in the home will not have use barriers when using the sink or stove, and correspondingly, the hardware fittings with adjustable table height have been produced; Furniture hardware that can be remotely controlled by sound, and cabinet door can be closed by sound; The automatic access control system uses a password and wireless remote control, so that you can remotely control your own door from a very far place to the partition wall.
So now the furniture hardware is developing very fast, and the later use range will be more extensive, from simple to decoration, and finally, it has become intelligent in keeping with the era of the Internet.
